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A Supreme Court bench of Justices KM Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy on Monday issued notice in a plea by a Minor Son seeking appointment of independent investigation agency to look into the collapse of sixth floor Chintels Paradiso at Gurugram Sector 109 which killed his mother. The incident took place on 10th February 2022.

Jyoti Taneja, advocate, appearing for the petitioner submitted that an FIR was registered immediately after the incident by the husband of the deceased, however no action has been taken so far by the police, she hence sought for the appointment of an independent agency to investigate into the incident. Taneja further submitted that an audit be conducted to look into the approvals granted by Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP). She further argued that a team from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi be appointed to conduct a structural audit of the building and submit a report.

She further argued that an Special Investigation Team (SIT) be constituted to investigate as to how  an occupation certificate was granted by the officials to this building. The court on hearing Taneja issued notice returnable in 3 weeks.

Ekta Bharadwaj, a 31 year old woman, died when the sixth floor  of the building came crashing down to the first floor at the Gurgaon apartment on the 10th of February. Bharadwaj’s husband had filed a complaint with the police and subsequently an FIR was registered against the builder of Chintels Paradiso.

After a lot of public uproar, the Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram had on Friday reconstituted the team which was probing the reason that lead to the collapse.

Case title: Master Yatharth Bharadwaj through father Vs State of Haryana